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ARC Review: You Can Run (Laurel Snow, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 AJ Mystery/Suspense

You Can Run, the first book in Rebecca Zanetti’s Laurel Snow series, is live! A smart and complex mystery/suspense story, this is an intense read from start to finish with just a hint of romance, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Running Wild (The Simple Wild, #3) by K.A. Tucker

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Romance

From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes a new story in the Simple Wild world, featuring veterinarian Marie and her struggles to find her own happily ever after…     Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Take a Chance With Me (With Me in Seattle #18; The O’Callaghans, #5) by Kristen Proby

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Take a Chance With Me, a gorgeously romantic friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend story, is live!     A friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved […]

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Review: Baden (Pittsburgh Titans, #1) by Sawyer Bennett

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Nook  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Google    Blurb After suffering a horrific injury that threatens to end his career, Baden Oulett is about to learn that sometimes a fresh start is just […]

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Audio Review: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland

January 20, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  A fun, chemistry-filled romance that is sweet, sexy and gorgeously heartfelt, with an irresistibly swoony hero. I loved this book!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Best Men by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 18, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!    Amazon  |  Apple  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Pieces of Me (Pieces Duet, #2) Jay McLean

January 16, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Pieces of Me by Jay McLean, is live early, and the Pieces Duet is complete! Angsty, heartwrenching, and stunningly romantic, this duet is a must-read that will have you feeling all the feels!   […]

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Review: Super Hot Wingman (The Best Men, #0.5) by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Super Hot Wingman is the prequel to the upcoming release from Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely, The Best Men, and it’s now live and completely FREE in both eBook and audio!!   This is […]

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Release & ARC Review: Decker: Changing the Play (Boston Tomcats, #1) by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais

January 13, 2022July 24, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Decker: Changing the Play, book #1 in the Boston Tomcats series, is live!   A fantastically fun and funny sports romance that is full of chemistry and heat, with a gorgeous romance!   Amazon […]

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Release & Review: Prodigal Son (The Forever Marked Series, #2) by Jay Crownover

January 12, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  PRODIGAL SON (The Forever Marked Series Book 2) by Jay Crownover is live! An intense, emotional, and dramatic story with a childhood-friends-to-lovers, single dad romance between two soulmates that are absolutely meant to be.  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Juniper Hill (The Edens, #2) by Devney Perry

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 AJ Romance

  Juniper Hill, the second standalone in The Edens series by Devney Perry is live!!! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play   Blurb Memphis Ward arrives in Quincy, Montana, on the […]

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Review: Insta-Family (Forbidden Men: Descendants) by Linda Kage

January 9, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Universal  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Apple Books  Blurb LUCY GAMBLE, KNOCKED UP BY DYING MAN SHE GAVE SYMPATHY SEX, NOW MOVING ON TO HIS BIG BROTHER. Have you ever tried to come up with a headline for your […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Kiss and Tell (St Francis U. #1) by Maya Hughes

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 Mel Forbidden

  Kiss And Tell (St Francis U. #1) by Maya Hughes   Released – January 6, 2022   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited   Blurb A new college campus. A […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only One Mistake (Only One, #6) by Natasha Madison

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

Only One Mistake, book #6 in the Only One series by Natasha Madison, is live!     Amazon  |  Books2Read   Blurb A one-night stand gone wrong? Michael Being traded after fighting with your coach […]

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Release & ARC Review: Silver (The Queen & The Assassin, #2) by Lisette Marshall

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 AJ Drama

Silver, the second book in The Queen & The Assassin series by Lisette Marshall is live!   Amazon   Blurb He chose not to kill her. Will his life be the price he must pay? […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Worst Guy (Vital Signs, #2) by Kate Canterbary

December 28, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary is live!     Amazon Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you’re trying not to love. Sebastian […]

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Audio Review: Well Played by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

December 26, 2021December 27, 2021 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb It all started with a bet. When my young son inherited half of his great grandfather’s historic inn, I decided to move us both to the place where I grew up. […]

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Review: The Color of Us by Jessica Park

December 24, 2021December 25, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Callie Evans isn’t exactly living her best life in Los Angeles. She dropped out of college, has been repeatedly fired, and is now literally watching paint dry at a hardware store for a […]

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ARC Review: Homecoming King (Three Kings, #1) by Penny Reid

December 23, 2021 Mel Favourite

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback Review 5 stars! Abby went through a horrible divorce that almost ruined her life and she doesn’t want to get married again. She isn’t even interested in a relationship until she […]

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Review: The Seven Kings of Jinn (Seven Kings of Jinn, #1) by S. Young

December 23, 2021March 6, 2022 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars This is a re-release of a book published by Samantha Young in 2011, previously called Smokeless Fire (A Fire Spirits Novel). It’s now the first in the Seven Kings of […]

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ARC Review: Decisions We Make After Midnight (Decisions in Durham, #1) by Rachel Higginson

December 22, 2021May 3, 2022 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Decisions We Make After Midnight is a sweet, swoony, romantic story about a woman who is headed to Florida for the business and a bar owner who never […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Plight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx, #1) by Kate Stewart

December 19, 2021December 30, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Plight Before Christmas, a full-length romantic dramedy by USA Today bestselling author Kate Stewart, is live, and is my latest 5-star read and fave for 2021!   Amazon  |  Paperback Free in KU […]

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Review: The Wolf (Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp, #2) by J.R. Ward

December 18, 2021December 17, 2021 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is the second book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp series, and is the story of Lucan, a wolven/vampire hybrid who we met in the first book The […]

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Release & ARC Review: Sweet (Love Stories on 7th and Main, #0.5) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 AJ Novella

Sweet, an all-new standalone opposites-attract romance novella from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hunter is now live!     Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  Smashwords   Blurb He survived by always being in control. She’s about to make him […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Western Waves (Compass, #3) by Brittainy C. Cherry

December 9, 2021December 15, 2021 Mel Book News

  Western Waves (Compass, #3)  by Brittainy C. Cherry   Released – 9 December 2021   AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Releasing 15 March 2022 in Audio […]

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